The Celebrity Archaeology Podcast

CA PODCAST EPISODE 69 - George Michael

George Michael formed the duo Wham! with Andrew Ridgeley in
1981. The band's first album Fantastic reached No. 1 in the UK in
1983 and produced a series of top 10 singles including "Young
Guns", "Wham Rap!" and "Club Tropicana". Their second album, Make
It Big, reached No. 1 on the charts in the US. Singles from that
album included "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go" (No. 1 in the UK and
US), "Freedom", "Everything She Wants", and "Careless Whisper"
which reached No. 1 in nearly 25 countries, including the UK and
US, and was Michael's first solo effort as a single. In 1985
Michael received the first of his three Ivor Novello Awards for
Songwriter of the Year from the British Academy of Songwriters,
Composers and Authors.